Download or read book Damned Nations written by Samantha Nutt and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary humanitarian Samantha Nutt gives a bracing and uncompromising account of her work in some of the most devastated corners of the world - and a new, provocative vision for changing course on growing militarisation. It is a brilliant distillation of Dr Nutt's observations over the course of 15 years providing hands-on care in some of the world's most violent flashpoints. Combining original research with her personal story, it is a deeply thoughtful meditation on war as it is being waged around the world against millions of civilians.
Download or read book The Power of Greed written by Michael Rosberg and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2005-08-16 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Greed recommends a shift away from the moralistic way we often go about doing international development. It says we can be too focused on our own ambitions for others and too unaware of what they’re up to on their own behalf. It argues that the desperate and greedy behaviours of the poor and their oppressors are not the enemies of international development, but its potential allies. It also says we ought to resist taking sides in defence of the poor. Productive alliances between oppressed and oppressor are possible if the conditions are right. Furthermore, it says that we need to tie national institutional and economic strengthening measures to the creation of sustainable interest groups at the grassroots. Only they could be in a position to prevent greed and corruption at the top in a sustainable way. For these reasons, The Power of Greed tries to get us to focus on doing more about the opportunity structure in the developing world and, for the rest, to rely on the opportunism of the population.
Download or read book On Corruption in America written by Sarah Chayes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the prizewinning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government networks throughout the world comes a major work that looks homeward to America, exploring the insidious, dangerous networks of corruption of our past, present, and precarious future. “If you want to save America, this might just be the most important book to read now." —Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains Sarah Chayes writes in her new book, that the United States is showing signs similar to some of the most corrupt countries in the world. Corruption, she argues, is an operating system of sophisticated networks in which government officials, key private-sector interests, and out-and-out criminals interweave. Their main objective: not to serve the public but to maximize returns for network members. In this unflinching exploration of corruption in America, Chayes exposes how corruption has thrived within our borders, from the titans of America's Gilded Age (Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, et al.) to the collapse of the stock market in 1929, the Great Depression, and FDR's New Deal; from Joe Kennedy's years of banking, bootlegging, machine politics, and pursuit of infinite wealth to the deregulation of the Reagan Revolution--undermining this nation's proud middle class and union members. She then brings us up to the present as she shines a light on the Clinton policies of political favors and personal enrichment and documents Trump's hydra-headed network of corruption, which aimed to systematically undo the Constitution and our laws. Ultimately and most importantly, Chayes reveals how corrupt systems are organized, how they enable bad actors to bend the rules so their crimes are covered legally, how they overtly determine the shape of our government, and how they affect all levels of society, especially when the corruption is overlooked and downplayed by the rich and well-educated.
Download or read book Money Greed and God written by Jay W. Richards and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute Jay W. Richards and bestselling author of Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before It's Too Late and Infiltrated: How to Stop the Insiders and Activists Who Are Exploiting the Financial Crisis to Control Our Lives and Our Fortunes, defends capitalism within the context of the Christian faith, revealing how entrepreneurial enterprise, based on hard work, honesty, and trust, actually fosters creativity and growth. In doing so, Money, Greed, and God exposes eight myths about capitalism, and demonstrates that a good Christian can be a good capitalist.
Download or read book Mean Girl written by Lisa Duggan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Astute."—New York Times Ayn Rand’s complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure endured beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been resurrected as a serious reference point for mainstream figures, especially those on the political right from Paul Ryan to Donald Trump. Mean Girl follows Rand’s trail through the twentieth century from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War and traces her posthumous appeal and the influence of her novels via her cruel, surly, sexy heroes. Outlining the impact of Rand’s philosophy of selfishness, Mean Girl illuminates the Randian shape of our neoliberal, contemporary culture of greed and the dilemmas we face in our political present.
Download or read book Greed Grace written by Dena McCoy and published by Trilogy Christian Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman's story of discovering unexpected greed behind a family she thought she knew and loved, and what renewed faith taught her during the battle to break free. Greed & Grace is a powerful memoir of resilience, faith, and truth during the discovery of deception in a close family. When Dena requests unconditional love from hers, unexpected circumstances threaten to destroy her emotionally, financially, and spiritually. Can one remain hopeful when a lifetime of family love, emotional support, and inclusiveness suddenly becomes conditional and turns legal? Greed & Grace is an empowering story of personal clarity-a memoir of a woman who discovers that her values and position in a complex family system have always been different from what she believed and with those she loved most.
Download or read book A Greedy Society written by Charles Henry Orr and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Greedy Society will show the poor, working, and middle-class people hoping for the American dream being sadly disappointed in America. They have been lied to, cheated, and discriminated against, not only in housing but in employment opportunities as well. This is an investigation of the impact of mortgage foreclosures on African American families and communities in urban areas like Chicago, Illinois. There were one million foreclosures in 2010 in the United States, while Wall Street executives and banks received huge profits from real estate transactions. In this study, the author has covered all aspects of the real estate industry. The main coverage was the problems of foreclosures. The secondary issue in this piece was the African American family’s quality of life. How do foreclosure problems affect African Americans’ future? Why are African American families and communities more vulnerable? What will the future be like in homeownership for African American families in the United States? These questions were researched and analyzed in this academic book. The subjects of business, sociology, politics, and economics will be used in this discussion. The direct connection to my first book is deliberate. Foreclosures will increase the homeless population and poverty in the United States.
Download or read book Masnavi I Ma navi written by Maulana Jalalu-'d-Din Muhammad I Rumi and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Masvani may be called the Divina Commedia or the Paradise Lost of Islam – a summary of religious thought, a “Théodicée,” justifying the way of Allah to man, and a standard of religious feeling… E. H. Whinfield From the Introduction
Download or read book Aid Insurgencies and Conflict Transformation written by Rob Kevlihan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the circumstances under which aid can contribute to the management and transformation of intra-state conflicts. How and when do insurgents govern? How does the presence of aid and social services influence how insurgents govern? Under what circumstances can aid contribute to the management and transformation of civil wars? The established literature in this area argues that aid exacerbates civil wars where resources are scarce as greedy rebels steal resources for themselves. This book, however, argues that under certain conditions such greed can be good. Drawing on primary research from three very different conflicts – Northern Ireland (1969–1998), southern Sudan (1983–2005) and Tajikistan (1992–1997) – and more than 10 years’ experience working in and researching humanitarian crises, this study breaks new ground through its wide-ranging comparison of conflicts. The book argues that insurgent efforts to reap rewards from aid and social services have in turn facilitated organizational changes and that these changes, while they may have had conflict-enhancing effects in the short term, have also contributed to conflict transformation over the long term. This book will be of much interest to students of insurgencies, civil wars, comparative politics, conflict management, humanitarian emergencies, public health and IR/Security Studies in general.
Download or read book The Granddaughter of the Caesars Or The Hag of the Earth and Syren of the Waters Containing Besides a Pathetic Story of Greed s Victims and Difficulty s Brokers written by Alexander Lookup (pseud.?) and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Westminster written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Masnavi I Ma navi written by E.H. Whinfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. This text is a compliation of spiriutal couplets and teachings of Maulana Jalalu-'D-Din Muhammad Rumi. The Masnavi is a summary of the religious sentiments and doctrine of Islam as interpreted and modified by Muhammadan Mystics or Sufis. Includes 6 books, from works in 1898.
Download or read book The Masnavi written by Jalal Ad Rumi and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Masnavi, written by Mawlana Jalal Al-Din Muhammad Rumi at age 54 in 1258 until his death in 1273, is one of the most famous and best-loved Sufi texts ever written. Comprised of six books and over 25,000 verses, The Masnavi is a collection of poems and stories that teaches Sufis how to reach their Union with God. Rumi described the book as "the roots of the roots of the roots of the Faith." Filled to the brim with stories, anecdotes, lessons, and beautiful poetry, this version of The Masnavi contains the six books abridged, and was translated by E.H. Whinfield in 1898. JALAL AD-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI (1207-1273) was a Persian Muslim theologian, poet, jurist, and Sufi mystic who taught peace between all religions, promoting tolerance and harmony. Born in the village of Wakhsh in greater Balkh (now Tajikistan), Rumi lived out most of his life in the Anatolian city of Konya. After his father's death, Rumi became the head of a madrassa, or religious school, and continued to learn and preach his father's mystical doctrines. Rumi taught that man had been separated from God, but his greatest desire was to reach God once more through music, dance, poetry and art, all of which is reflected in his many writings. His most famous work is the Matanwiye Manawi, or Spiritual Couplets, regarded by many as the Persian Qu'ran. Rumi's grave is still a place of pilgrimage in present-day Turkey.
Download or read book Pandora Gets Greedy written by Carolyn Hennesy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greed is hiding somewhere in Rome. And that means Pandy doesn't just have to deal with the Greek Gods (including the evil Hera) she has to deal with their Roman counterparts. That means two messenger gods, two goddesses of beauty...even the all powerful Zeus has a double in Jupiter!
Download or read book Charging Your Mind set written by H. Chris Barber and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you often find your thoughts going down a negative track? Through serving on a SWAT team as a crisis negotiator, H. Chris Barber has experienced firsthand the influence our mind-set has on actions. In Charging Your Mind-set, he explains the guidelines for how to purposefully determine the outcome of your day, utilizing everyday examples to clarify how this outlook translates into daily living. Charging Your Mind-set reveals how we make choices that have a direct effect on how our mind-set develops and how we manage ourselves for the day. Resolving those obstacles allows the positive mind-set to guide our actions. Though we cannot control our circumstances, everyone is given a choice in how to respond to each situation. Will you choose a negative mind-set or allow yourself to be guided by positive thinking?
Download or read book Infectious Greed written by Frank Partnoy and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the global financial crisis unfolds people everywhere are seeking to understand how markets devolved to this perilous, volatile state. In this dazzling and meticulously researched work of financial history, first published in 2003, and now thoroughly revised and updated, law professor and financial expert Frank Partnoy tells the story of how "classical" Wall Street securities like stocks and bonds were quietly eclipsed by ever more "quantum" products like derivatives. He documents how, starting in the mid-1980s, each new level of financial risk and complexity obscured the sickness of corporate America, and how Wall Street's evolving paradigm moved farther and farther beyond the understanding -- and regulation -- of ordinary investors and government overseers, leading inevitably to disaster.
Download or read book Popular Romances for the Times written by Alexander Lookup and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
